BOSTON (AP) - Wesley Clark, one of only two Democrats to win a state primary before bowing to John Kerry, has released his delegates to the Massachusetts senator.

Clark sent an e-mail Friday directing delegates pledged to him in primary contests to cast their first ballots for Kerry on Thursday, Clark spokesman Erick Mullen told The Associated Press.

``It is my hope that every Clark for President delegate will assume a leadership role at the convention,'' Clark wrote in the e-mail. ``The most important way you can do that is to stand with John Kerry and John Edwards and cast your vote for them on the first ballot.''

Clark won the Oklahoma primary by a slim margin over John Edwards and finished second to Kerry in Arizona, New Mexico and North Dakota, on his way to 73 pledged delegates. He dropped out of the race Feb. 11 and threw his support behind Kerry the next day with a joint appearance in Wisconsin.

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